From School to Superior Carriers

I run out of High Point. Charlotte would probably be the closest. Duncan SC could be close as well depending on where in wnc you are located. I think the rule is you have to live within 200 miles of a terminal to work there. My guess is some terminals will start hiring again in March/April. I am sending you a PM.

 

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I headed into the terminal a couple of hours before my load time and got my fittings washed out from the snot load last week. I also wanted to have time to address any problems I might find with my truck and trailer. I had turned in a repair voucher when I got back to have some tractor lights fixed. They were done so I headed over to get loaded about 9:30 . That went great and I was on my way by 11:15. I was in no hurry and stopped for lunch and fuel at the Petro in Mebane NC.

I drove another few hours and shut down at the Petro in Ruther Glen Va just north of Richmond. My delivery appointment was 11:00 so I got up, took a shower, ate breakfast and headed north about 7:45 to go 133 miles. I figured If I was too early I would hang out at the rest area off 95 between the Washington beltway and Baltimore. I ended up needing the time due to traffic and got to Glenn Burnie MD 15 minutes early at 10:45. I will turn in an hour of traffic delay time for it.

I found the plant no problem but the people here didn't know what to do to me. They are anal about security. When I pulled up to the gate the guard holds up a bag and told me to take out a chip. I pulled out a white poker chip. He told me had I gotten a blue one that my truck would have been searched.

I pulled up to the next gate and was told to back out and go to a completely different gate on the other side of the plant. I drive over there only to be told to go back to the gate I started at. This time the guard told me to pull out a white chip holding the bag up where I could see them. I guess they have video cameras too. This time the second gate was a lot nicer and sent me over to a shipping office. The guy in there finally found someone who came out to escort me to the unload point. Now I know what flatbed drivers experience. This is an electric power plant under construction. I had to make my way around several oversize flatbed trucks. It was a busy place with PU trucks, fork lifts, cranes and cement trucks everywhere. It was real tight. I had to squeese into a road next to a trailer where they analize the product I am carrying. It looks like one of those big trailers they use for Television broadcasts. It wasn't straight off the road and I had to back halfway out a couple of times to get my trailer tandems to clear some concrete post fittings.

I finally got into the hole, vented the dome and was told it would take about 6 hours to unload me. I think I will take a little nap and watch some TV getting paid $13.30 an hour. Still don't know what I am doing after this. Baltimore dispatch is working on it for me. It looks like I will be sleeping at that terminal tonight unless they have a load sitting on the yard for me.

 

I couldn't tell you much about the OO program but the drivers out of my terminal and those I see on the road seem happy. You have a PM for a place where you can get some info.

 

Good luck with your road test. Karns City is one hell of a place for a terminal.